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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Who Shall Ratify? The People or the States?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the term "American" mean to William Priest?
(a) A white man descends from a native of Europe.
(b) Someone who pledges to support the new government.
(c) An Indian or one of the New World "aborigines".
(d) Any person living in the New World.

2. What are foreign visitors to America surprised they don't see more frequently?
(a) Deer and wild life.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Poverty among white men.
(d) Forests and trees.

3. Which delegate proposes that the positive vote of seven states constitutes ratification of the Constitution?
(a) Pierce Butler.
(b) James Wilson.
(c) James Madison.
(d) David Carroll.

4. Where does the Constitution go after it is signed in Philadelphia?
(a) To Congress for ratification.
(b) To state governors for their approval, then to Congress.
(c) To Congress, who recommends it to the states for ratification.
(d) To the individual states for ratification.

5. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is identified as "not consulted" on the vote to grant the national legislature veto power over all laws they deem improper?
(a) Edmund Randolph.
(b) Pierce Butler.
(c) George Washington.
(d) George Mason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks European visitors to the Southern states?

2. Who writes that Rhode Island's absence from the Convention is insignificant in the face of the stated unity of the delegates?

3. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is described as being aware of the importance and significance of the Convention and its business?

4. Which delegate makes the motion that an address to the people accompanies the Constitution?

5. By August 30th, what date has been set for the final adjournment?

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